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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What economic and political system adheres to the principles of a free market?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Authoritarianism.

2. According to Harari, what two things are being decoupled?
(a) Intelligence and value.
(b) Intelligence and consciousness.
(c) Free will and consciousness.
(d) Free will and determinism.

3. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?
(a) Their access to education.
(b) Their power in society.
(c) Their understanding of technology.
(d) Their own ignorance.

4. Humanism is divided into which three branches?
(a) Liberal, Socialist, Evolutionary.
(b) Socialist, Economic, Scientific.
(c) Economic, Scientific, Liberal.
(d) Liberal, Socialist, Economic.

5. What movement changed the formula for gaining knowledge to Knowledge = Empirical Data x Mathematics?
(a) The Free Market.
(b) Economic Growth.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Scientific Revolution.

6. What is Watson being trained to do to help the medical field?
(a) Remote controlled surgery.
(b) Collect global health information.
(c) Diagnose diseases.
(d) Brain surgery.

7. What did premodern humans believe their lives gained for giving up power?
(a) Protection.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Meaning.

8. In a free market, what determines whether a product is good or whether it is bad?
(a) Persuasive marketing tactics.
(b) Company profits.
(c) Economic gains.
(d) The customer.

9. What does Harari say is the bedrock of liberal democracy?
(a) The value of individuals.
(b) Economic growth.
(c) A prosperous middle class.
(d) Free will.

10. The rise of humanism meant there was less focus on God and more focus on what?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Humans.
(c) Technology.
(d) Liberalism.

11. What biometric information did Angelina Jolie use before having a double mastectomy?
(a) Genetic testing.
(b) A full-body scan.
(c) A blood screening panel.
(d) An fMRI.

12. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?
(a) Through use of social media with people from other countries.
(b) Through civilization-style strategy games that focus on investment and growth.
(c) Through their parent's examples and experiences.
(d) Through the influence of marketing.

13. Why is revamping the human mind dangerous?
(a) We do not really understand it.
(b) We are too distracted to research it properly.
(c) We do not know the difference between mind and consciousness.
(d) We might make mistakes by taking shortcuts.

14. What does Harari call the nemesis of the modern economy?
(a) Ecological collapse.
(b) Socialist Humanism.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Out-dated religious beliefs.

15. Humanism claims that instead of looking to a supreme being or authority to define meaning, people should rely on _______.
(a) Scientific advancement.
(b) Their own feelings and desires.
(c) What society believes is right.
(d) Evolutionary principles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were animal rights activists concerned about the robo-rat experiments?

2. What artificial organ was successfully tested by Yale University in 2014?

3. According to Harari, what is the only place where free will exists?

4. What does Harari call "The greatest scientific discovery"?

5. What did scientists discover when they opened the proverbial Sapiens black box?

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